10 Best Magicians in 2026: The World’s Top Performers Right Now

The 10 Best Magicians in the World for 2026

This list spans working professionals you can actually hire for your event all the way to Las Vegas headliners and Olivier Award winners. If you are looking to hire a corporate event magician, start by checking availability here.

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No. 1

Brian Masters

Best Corporate Magician Available for Hire in 2026  |  Cleveland, OH  |  Performs Nationwide

Based

Cleveland, OH | performs nationwide

Specialty

Corporate event magic, interactive mentalism, close-up sleight of hand

Clients

Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Walmart, T-Mobile, Eaton, and many more

TV

Featured on CW, NBC, FOX, and BizTV

Reviews

183 verified 5-star Google reviews

Book

www.brianmagic.com  |  206.383.9260

Brian Masters has spent the better part of two decades working the hardest room in entertainment: the corporate event. He is one of the most in-demand Cleveland corporate magicians working today, though he spends most of his time traveling nationwide. Not a theater with stage lighting and a captive audience, but a hotel ballroom full of colleagues who would rather be talking to each other, executives who have seen every team-building activity, and clients who paid good money to be impressed.

His client list tells the story. Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Walmart, T-Mobile. These are not companies that book average acts. They book performers who reliably deliver, and Brian has earned that trust event after event across the country.

He performs in three formats. Strolling magic works during cocktail hours and receptions, with Brian moving between small groups doing close-up work right in guests' hands. The interactive stage show is built for larger seated audiences and pulls people from the crowd into the performance. The close-up show is a focused, intimate experience for smaller groups. Each format is matched to the room, the schedule, and how the host wants guests to engage.

He has been featured on CW, NBC, FOX, and BizTV. His 183 five-star Google reviews are consistent on two points: guests are genuinely baffled, and the event immediately feels different after he starts working the room.

Of every performer on this list, Brian is the one you can actually call and book today. His calendar fills quickly, especially in the fall corporate event season.

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No. 2

Anthony Dempsey

Comedy Magician and Mentalist  |  Penn and Teller: Fool Us Season 10  |  Dallas, TX

Based

Dallas, TX | performs nationwide and internationally (five continents)

Specialty

Comedy magic, mentalism, sleight of hand, stage and strolling performance

TV

Penn and Teller: Fool Us Season 10  |  NBC DFW  |  FOX 4

Events

Over 2,000 corporate events including Fortune 500 clients

Book

www.anthonyentertains.com

Anthony Dempsey grew up performing, starting in acting classes at age five, moving through years of theatre before discovering that magic and mentalism were his natural home. He began touring Texas and the United States at trade shows and corporate events, building a career that now spans over 2,000 performances across five continents.

In 2023 he appeared on Season 10 of Penn and Teller: Fool Us, bringing his grandmother onto the stage for a routine he described as one of the highlights of his career. His approach combines genuine technical skill with natural comic timing. Shows are fast, funny, and participatory. Event planners who have worked with him consistently find that guests approach them afterwards asking how they found him.

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No. 3

Penn & Teller

50 Years Together  |  Longest-Running Las Vegas Headliners | The Rio, Las Vegas

Based

The Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas | in residence since January 2001

Together

First performed together at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival, August 19, 1975

TV

Penn and Teller: Fool Us (longest-running magic show on television)  |  Penn and Teller: Bullshit! (13 Emmy nominations)

Honors

Hollywood Walk of Fame star (2013)  |  AMA Masters Fellowship (2024)  |  Street renamed Penn and Teller Court (October 2025)

Penn and Teller have been performing together since 1975. Their Las Vegas residency at the Rio began in January 2001 and is the longest unbroken headliner residency at a single hotel in Las Vegas history. In October 2025, the city formally renamed the street outside the Rio "Penn and Teller Court" to mark their 50th anniversary together. Their series Penn and Teller: Fool Us is the longest-running magic show on television and has become the closest thing the magic world has to a standard of excellence.

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No. 4

Shin Lim

The Only Two-Time Winner of America's Got Talent  |  2015 FISM World Champion  |  The Venetian, Las Vegas

Born

September 25, 1991, Vancouver, Canada

Based

Las Vegas, NV | headlining Limitless at The Venetian Resort

Records

2015 FISM World Champion for Close-Up Card Magic  |  Only person ever to win America's Got Talent twice

YouTube

Penn and Teller: Fool Us performance has over 50 million views

Awards

TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice: Limitless show, 2024 and 2025

Shin Lim taught himself card magic through YouTube videos, posted his own techniques online, and built a following before the professional magic world had heard of him. His 2015 Penn and Teller: Fool Us appearance went viral with over 50 million views. That same year he won the FISM World Championship for Close-Up Card Magic in Rimini, Italy. He won America's Got Talent in 2018, then returned and won AGT Champions, becoming the only performer in the show's history to win twice. His Las Vegas show Limitless at the Venetian won the TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Award for both 2024 and 2025.

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No. 5

Derren Brown

Two-Time Olivier Award Winner  |  Broadway  |  Netflix  |  England

Born

February 27, 1971, Croydon, England

Specialty

Psychological feats, suggestion, hypnosis, cold reading, behavioral influence

Olivier

Two awards for Best Entertainment: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Svengali

Broadway

Secret | New York Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience (2017, 2019)

Netflix

The Push  |  Miracle  |  Sacrifice

Derren Brown studied Law and German at the University of Bristol, attended a hypnotist performance during his undergraduate years, and redirected his career entirely. He made his television debut on Channel 4 in December 2000 and has spent the following 25 years producing work that sits outside any standard category. He is a psychological performer who uses suggestion, cold reading, misdirection, and behavioral technique, and he is explicit about not claiming supernatural ability. His stage shows have won two Olivier Awards for Best Entertainment, a record five total nominations for one-person shows in the history of the awards. His 2025 UK tour, Only Human, launched in April.

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No. 6

David Blaine

Street Magic Pioneer  |  Endurance Performer  |  Brooklyn, NY

Born

April 4, 1973, Brooklyn, New York

Specialty

Close-up street magic, physical endurance feats

Feats

Buried Alive (1999)  |  Encased in Ice (2000)  |  Vertigo (2002)  |  Above the Below (2003, 44 days in a box above the Thames)

Blaine's 1997 ABC special Street Magic changed how close-up magic was filmed. Before it, magic on television was shot in theaters with the camera on the props. Blaine pointed the camera at the audience instead, showing real people reacting to impossible things happening in their hands on New York street corners. That approach is now the industry standard for how close-up magic is presented on film. He also operates as a creative collaborator: Asi Wind, who appears next on this list, has been one of the key creative forces behind Blaine's television specials for years.

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No. 7

Asi Wind

Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year 2022  |  Off-Broadway  |  West End  |  New York

Awards

AMA Magician of the Year 2022  |  AMA Close-Up Magician of the Year

Shows

Inner Circle (Off-Broadway, 448 performances, NYT Critic's Pick)  |  Incredibly Human (London West End)  |  More than Magic (Touring US/Australia)

YouTube

Penn and Teller: Fool Us appearance | over 17 million views

Asi Wind was born in Holon, Israel, and at thirteen spent 50 shekels at a magic shop on Tel Aviv's Allenby Street to learn his first trick. He became the best magician in Israel, then flew to New York City in 2001 on a short visit, fell in love with the city, and tore up his return ticket. He was mentored by the legendary Spanish card magician Juan Tamariz, whom he calls his "father in magic." He became a central creative force in David Blaine's television specials. His off-Broadway show Inner Circle was extended six times and was a New York Times Critic's Pick. He won the Academy of Magical Arts Magician of the Year in 2022 and made his Sydney Opera House debut in February 2026.

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No. 8

Colin Cloud

Mentalist  |  AGT Semi-Finalist  |  Harrah's Las Vegas  |  Harthill, Scotland

Born

January 9, 1987, Harthill, Scotland

Education

BSc Forensic Investigation, Glasgow Caledonian University

Based

Las Vegas | headlining Colin Cloud: Mastermind at Harrah's Las Vegas

TV

AGT Season 12 semi-finalist  |  Britain's Got Talent 2024 finalist

Colin Cloud studied forensic investigation and criminal profiling before leaving that career to become a performer. He joined Shin Lim's Las Vegas show Limitless in 2019 for what was supposed to be two weeks, and that engagement lasted over five years. He launched his own solo production, Colin Cloud: Mastermind, at Harrah's Las Vegas Cabaret in 2024. The room deliberately seats fewer than 100 people: his mentalism works best in intimate spaces where he can read the room precisely.

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No. 9

Criss Angel

Criss Angel Mindfreak  |  Las Vegas  |  Long Island, NY

Born

Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos, Long Island, New York

Specialty

Large-scale productions, escape acts, extreme physical stunts

TV

Criss Angel Mindfreak (A&E, six seasons)

Criss Angel's A&E series Criss Angel Mindfreak launched in 2005 and introduced a completely different visual language for magic: darker staging, urban settings, extreme physical stunts, and a rock-influenced aesthetic. The show ran for six seasons. His levitation performances and street tricks became some of the most-shared early viral video content online, viewed hundreds of millions of times, and introduced a generation to magic who might otherwise never have encountered it.

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No. 10

Juan Tamariz

Legendary Card Magician  |  Multiple FISM Award Winner  |  Madrid, Spain

Born

May 28, 1942, Madrid, Spain

Books

The Magic Way  |  Mnemonica  |  Five Points in Magic

Legacy

Regarded by most professional card workers as the greatest card magician of all time

Juan Tamariz has been performing and teaching card magic since the 1960s and is regarded by the overwhelming majority of working professional magicians as the greatest card magician who has ever lived. Born in Madrid in 1942, he has won multiple FISM awards and written books on technique and performance philosophy that professionals study worldwide. His book Mnemonica is considered required reading for serious card workers. Tamariz was Asi Wind's primary mentor, and because many effects Wind created were later performed by David Blaine on major television specials, his influence reaches audiences who have never heard his name.

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Who Can You Actually Hire for Your 2026 Event?

Most performers on this list are not available for private booking. Penn and Teller, Shin Lim, and Colin Cloud are under long-term Las Vegas residencies. Derren Brown runs UK theater seasons. Juan Tamariz lectures at magic conventions on his own schedule. Asi Wind is mid-tour through the US and Australia.

If you need a magician for a corporate event, conference, wedding, trade show, or private party, you need someone who is available, who has been doing exactly that work for years, and who has the reviews to prove it. Brian Masters is the corporate magician you want to book.

Brian is based in Cleveland and performs nationwide. His clients include Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Walmart, and T-Mobile. He has 183 verified five-star Google reviews. He performs in Nashville, Detroit, Columbus, Cleveland, Seattle, Cincinnati, New York, Houston, and everywhere in between.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Magic in 2026 is more diverse than ever. Brian Masters performs nationwide and specializes in the interactive professional entertainment that works in corporate settings.

Last updated: March 2026. All credentials verified from official sources.